Westminster News

Newcastle’s MP Paul Farrelly has published his up-to-date tax return for 2008-9, the first again to do so. Following the release of the long-awaited, final report by Sir Thomas Legg into MPs’ expenses, Paul says a vote next week on electoral reform would indicate the resolve to restore confidence in our political system.

Olympics chiefs to set out opportunities for ceramics in 2012

Organisers of the 2012 London Olympics, including athletics legend Sebastian Coe, are to spell out the opportunities for North Staffordshire’s pottery industry in over £700 million of contracts to be awarded in the run-up to the Games, following questioning by Newcastle’s Labour MP Paul Farrelly.

Newcastle MP issues latest parliamentary report to constituents

Paul has just issued his latest report, going to each of over 40,000 homes in Newcastle, highlighting progress with the town’s brand new college, the new maternity and cancer units at the City General and the independent way he stands up for local people, regardless of party or politics.

Newcastle-under-Lyme’s Labour MP Paul Farrelly has won an accolade for his persistent Select Committee work and questions in parliament which undermined a court gagging order suppressing details of a toxic waste dumping scandal involving international oil trader, Trafigura.

Newcastle-under-Lyme MP Paul Farrelly has tabled further parliamentary questions regarding oil trader Trafigura and its lawyers Carter-Ruck’s attempts to suppress parliamentary debate on a toxic waste dumping scandal. He also spoke in today's debate in the House and has published the terms of Trafigura’s controversial injunction and correspondence from Carter-Ruck.

Local Works, a national coalition of over 100 organisations today joined together to congratulate Paul Farrelly MP for backing a call to increase transparency on how tax payers’ money is spent in our communities.